MEANING:noun: 1. A stream of air (or another fluid) forced backwards by a propeller.2. The area of reduced pressure behind a fast-moving object.verb tr., intr.: 3. To follow behind a vehicle to take advantage of decreased wind resistance.

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SLIPSDREAM - I've fallen in the lingerie department and I can't get up...

USAGE: "You have been brought here before the Council of Magical Law ... so that we may pass judgment on you, for a crime so heinous."J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Bloomsbury; 2000.

It was exposure to Piet Hein that made me realize that excellence in one field does not preclude excellence in others. Obvious in, say, Leonardo, but Hein was still very alive when I discovered him in my preteens. Made all the difference.

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